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Sharing multimedia with friends and family. You can share MP3 files, pictures, and other
multimedia with local and remote users.
Sharing resources on your network. Store files in a central location so that you do not
have to power up a computer to perform local sharing. In addition, you can share files
between Macintosh, Linux, and PC computers by using the USB drive as a go-between.
Sharing files with offsite coworkers. Share files such as Word documents, PowerPoint
presentations, and text files with remote users.
A few common uses are described in the following sections.
Share Photos with Friends and Family
You can create your own central storage location for photos and multimedia. This eliminates
the need to log in to (and pay for) an external photo-sharing site.
To share files with your friends and family:
1.
Insert your USB drive into the USB port on the wireless modem router either directly or
with a USB cable.
Computers on your local area network (LAN) can access this USB drive using a web
browser or Microsoft Networking.
2.
If you want to specify read-only access, or to allow access from the Internet, see
Configure
USB Storage Advanced Settings
on page 80.
Store Files in a Central Location for Printing
This scenario is for a family that has one high-quality color printer directly attached to a PC,
but not shared on the local area network (LAN). This family does not have a print server:
The family’s color printer is directly attached to the mother’s PC.
The daughter has some photos on her Macintosh computer that she wants to print.
Their computers are not visible to each other on the network.
To print her photos on the color printer:
1.
The daughter types
\\readyshare
in the address field of her web browser.
This gives her access to the USB drive in the router.
2.
She copies the photos from the Mac to the router USB drive.
3.
The mother uses a her web browser or Microsoft Networking to transfer the files from the
USB drive to her PC. Then she prints the files.
Share Large Files with Colleagues
Sending files larger than 5 MB can pose a problem for many e-mail systems. The router
allows you to share very large files such as PowerPoint presentations or .zip files with
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colleagues at another site. Rather than tying up their mail systems will large files, your
colleagues can use FTP to easily download shared files from the wireless modem router.
To share files with a remote colleague:
1.
To protect your network, set up security. Create a user name and password for the
colleague with appropriate access.
2.
If you want to limit USB drive access to only read access, from the wireless modem router
USB Storage (Basic Settings) screen, click
Edit a Network folder
. In the
Write Access
field, select
admin
, and then click
Apply
.
Note:
The password for admin is the same one that you use to access the
wireless modem router. By default it is
password
.
3.
In the USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen, select the check box next to
FTP via
Internet
. See
Configure USB Storage Advanced Settings
on page 80.
USB Storage Basic Settings
You can view or edit basic settings for the USB storage device attached to your wireless
modem router. On the wireless modem router main menu under USB, select
Basic Settings
:
By default, the USB storage device is available to all computers on your local area network
(LAN). To access your USB device from this screen, you can click the
network/device name
or the
share name
.
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Network/device name:
Share name:
\\readyshare
\\readyshare\USB_Storage
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You can also type
\\readyshare
in the address field of your web browser. If you logged in to
the wireless modem router before you connected your USB device, you might not see your
USB device in the wireless modem router screens until you log out and then log in again.
Table 13.
USB Storage (Basic Settings)
Network/Device Name
The default is \\readyshare. This is the name used to access the
USB device connected to the wireless modem router.
Available
Network folders
Shared Name
• You can click the name shown, or you can type it in the address
field of your web browser.
• If Not Shared is shown, then the default share has been deleted
and no other share for the root folder exists. Click the link to
change this setting.
Read/Write
Access
Shows the network folder permissions and access controls.
• All-no password allows all users to access the network folder.
• admin uses the same password that you use to log in to the
wireless modem router main menu.
Folder Name
Full path of the used by the network folder.
Volume name
Volume name from the storage device (either USB drive or HDD).
Total/Free
Space
Shows the current utilization of the storage device.
Edit button
You can click the
Edit
button to edit the Available Network Folders
settings. See
Edit a Network Folder
on page 79.
Safely Remove USB Device
button
Click to safely remove the USB device attached to your wireless
modem router. See
Unmount a USB Drive
on page 82.
Fields and Buttons
Description
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Edit a Network Folder
This process is the same from either the USB Storage (Basic Settings) screen or the USB
Storage (Advanced Settings) screen. Click the
Edit
button to open the USB Storage
(Advanced Settings) screen:
You can use this screen to select a folder, to change the
Shared Name
, or to change
Read
Access
or
Write Access
from
All-no password
to
admin
. The password for
admin
is the
same one that is used to log in to the router main menu. By default it is
password
.
Note:
You have to click
Apply
for your changes to take effect.
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Configure USB Storage Advanced Settings
To configure advanced USB settings, from the router menu, under USB, select
Advanced
Settings
. The USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen displays:
You can use this screen to specify access to the USB storage device. The following table
explains the fields and buttons in the USB Storage (Advanced Settings) screen.
Table 14.
USB Storage (Advanced Settings)
Fields
Description
Network Device Name
The default is readyshare. This is the name used to access the USB
device connected to the wireless modem router from your computer.
Workgroup
If you are using a Windows workgroup rather than a domain, the
workgroup name is displayed here.
Access Method
Network
Connection
Enabled by default, this allows all users on the LAN to have access
to the USB drive.
HTTP
Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, you can type
http://readyshare
to access the USB drive.
HTTP (via
Internet)
Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can type
http://readyshare
to access the USB drive over the Internet.
FTP
Disabled by default.
FTP (via
Internet)
Disabled by default. If you enable this setting, remote users can
access the USB drive through FTP over the Internet.
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